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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






2. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






3. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






4. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






5. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






6. Where the revolving door was fully developed






7. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






8. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






9. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






10. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






11. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






12. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






13. Something that supports a sculpture






14. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






15. Known for his glass sculpture






16. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






17. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






18. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






19. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






20. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






21. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






22. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






23. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






24. Technique of shading using dots to control value






25. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






26. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






27. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






28. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






29. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






30. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






31. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






32. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






33. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






34. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






35. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






36. Renowned for paintings and prints






37. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






38. Pale green






39. Application of potassium sulphide






40. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






41. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






42. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






43. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






44. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






45. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






46. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






47. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






48. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






49. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






50. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines